Oxygen

Directed by: Netalie Braun
95 minutes, 2025, Drama; Israel Film Center Festival

Festival year: 2026

Anat, a schoolteacher shaped by language and imagination, awaits her son Ido’s army discharge. When a new war erupts, and she learns he has volunteered to fight, their bond fractures. Caught between a father destroyed by war and a son rushing toward it, Anat makes a radical maternal choice just before Ido crosses into Lebanon.

Screenings followed by Q+A with director Netalie Braun.

JCC MID-WESTCHESTER TICKETS TO OPEN SOON.

Full Synopsis

Anat, a schoolteacher shaped by language and imagination, awaits her son Ido’s army discharge. When a new war erupts, and she learns he has volunteered to fight, their bond fractures. Caught between a father destroyed by war and a son rushing toward it, Anat makes a radical maternal choice just before Ido crosses into Lebanon.

Showtimes

Wednesday Jun 10 | 5:30 PM EDT Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
Tuesday Jun 9 | 6:30 PM EDT Mid-Island Y JCC
Thursday Jun 11 | 7:00 PM EDT JCC Mid-Westchester